New Report: SeMo Reservoir Should be Rebuilt with Concrete

MARCH 3, 2006 - Posted at 3:16 p.m. CST

ST. LOUIS, MO - Ameren Corporation's Taum Sauk reservoir should be rebuilt with concrete because simply repairing the structure is not an option. So says a group of engineers looking into the December collapse of the reservoir.

The recommendation cited in today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch is part of a report by four consultants hired by Ameren as required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

A spokeswoman for the company says the report is preliminary.

The reservoir failure caused more than one billion gallons of water to flow down a mountain and through Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park. Five members of a family were injured but survived.

The Batesville Motor Speedway is expected to be full this weekend with the Topless 100. (Source: KAIT)

A car race that has been in Batesville for a quarter-century has revved not only the engines at the raceway but also the proverbial economic engine in the area, the owner of the Batesville Motor Speedway said Thursday.

A car race that has been in Batesville for a quarter-century has revved not only the engines at the raceway but also the proverbial economic engine in the area, the owner of the Batesville Motor Speedway said Thursday.

A gunman opened fire at a GOP legislator and staff baseball practice in Alexandria, VA on June 14. House Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip, two staffers were injured, as well as two Capitol Police officers.

A gunman opened fire at a GOP legislator and staff baseball practice in Alexandria, VA on June 14. House Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip, two staffers were injured, as well as two Capitol Police officers.